Which one of the following awards instituted by KK
Birla Foundation is given to an individual for outstanding work
on Indian philosophy, culture and art?
(a) SaraswathySamman
(b) VyasSamman
(c) Shankar Puraskar
(d) KalidasSamman

Answer: (c)

8.

Which one of the following awards is given
for contribution to poetry?
(a) Kabir award
(b) KalidasSamman
(c) SaraswathySamman
(d) VyasSamman

Answer: (a)

9.

Which one of the following awards was instituted by
the KK Birla Foundation?
(a) SaraswatiSamman
(b) Kabir Award
(c) KalidasSamman
(d) Jnanpith Award

Which person or organisation received the Nobel Prize
three
times so far?
(a) Medame Curie
(b) Linus Pauling
(c) AlexenderFlemming
(d) International Committee of the Redcross

Answer: (d)

12.

Who among the following actors has won
the Chevalier Award instituted by the French Government?
(a) MG Ramakrishnan
(b) Raj Kumar
(c) ShivajiGaneshan
(d) Kamal Hasan

Answer: (c)

13.

Who among the following has won the Polar Music
Award instituted by the Royal Music Academy, Sweden?
(a) Sakir Hussein
(b) Pundit Ravi Shankar
(c) Bismillah Khan
(d) Allah Rakha Khan

Answer: (b)

14.

Who was the first winner of the Jawaharlal Nehru
Award for International Understanding?
(a) U Thant
(b) Martin Luther King
(c) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
(d) Yehudi Menuhin

Answer: (a)

15.

Who among the following national leaders have won
the highest civilian honours of Pakistan?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Morarji Desai
(c) LalBahadurShastri
(d) Indira Gandhi

Answer: (b)

16.

Who among the following was selected for the 2001
Dada SahebPhalke Award?
(a) DevAnand
(b) LataMangeshkar
(c) RamanandSagar
(d) Yash Chopra

Answer: (d)

17.

Who among the following was the first to win
the Booker Prize?
(a) William Golding
(b) PH Newby
(c) JM Coetzee
(d) Peter Carey

Answer: (b)

18.

Who among the following was/were selected for
the 12th South Indian Education Society Awards in December 2009?
(a) SomnathChatterjee
(b) M. Annadurai
(c) E. Sridharan and SatyaVratShastri
(d) All of the above

With reference to Stree Shakti Puraskar, for which of
the following is "Devi AhilyaBaiHolkar Award" given?
(a) Administrative skills
(b) Achievements in Scientific Research
(c) Achievements in Sports and Games
(d) Courage and valour

Answer: (a)

29.

Who was the first winner of Gandhi Peace Prize?
(a) AT Aryaratne
(b) Julius Nerera
(c) Nelson Mandela
(d) None of these

Answer: (b)

30.

Who was the first winner of Ramon Magsaysay Award?
(a) VinobhaBhave
(b) LalBahadurShastri
(c) Jaya Prakash Narayan
(d) None of these

Which of the following awards was instituted by the Indian
National Congress in its Centenary Year?
(a) Gandhi Peace Prize
(b) Nehru Award
(c) Indira Gandhi award for National Integration
(d) Mahatma Gandhi Peace Award